Saturday TV: Remembering Burt, ‘Smokey’

To mark the passing of Burt Reynolds Thursday at 82, there is a replay of the 2016 documentary “The Bandit” (CMT, noon), about one of his best-known films by the actor, “Smokey & the Bandit”

Also, “Fast N’ Loud” (Discovery, 9 a.m.) will rebroadcast a two hour episode that featured Reynolds, in which Richard Rawlings and his Gas Monkey crew rebuild an iconic ’77 Trans Am like the one that was featured in “Smokey and the Bandit.”

Onetime pop star Debbie Gibson continues her ride on the Hallmark romance film train with the made for TV “Wedding of Dreams” (Hallmark, 9 p.m.), a sequel to the 2016 “Summer of Dreams,” in which she plays a musician moves back to her small town and finds love. Robert Gant and Pascale Hutton co-star.

Hugh Jackman’s “The Greatest Showman” (HBO, 8 p.m.) which had a better received soundtrack than it was a movie, makes its premium cable debut.

College football dominates prime time TV with Penn State at Pittsburgh (ABC, 8 p.m.) and California at Stanford (Fox, 8:30 p.m.), in addition to all the games listed below.

A second season starts for “Top Chef Junior” (Universal Kids, 6 p.m.).

A failed banana pudding business gets the aid of “Mind Your Business with Mahisha” (OWN, 10 p.m.).

“The Vanilla Ice Project” (DIY, 10 p.m.) messes with a chandelier.

A Sean Connery double feature on Turner Classic Movies of “Robin and Marian” (8 p.m.) and “The Man Who Would Be King” (10 p.m.) makes way for the noir of “Desperate” (midnight), and two with Vivien Leigh, “Ship of Fools” (2 a.m.) and “21 Days” (4:45 a.m.).

The onslaught of college football begins at noon with games that include Arizona at Houston (ABC), Georgia Tech at South Florida (ESPN2), Duke at Northwestern (ESPNU), Mississippi State at Kansas State (ESPN), Liberty at Army (CBS Sports) and Western Michigan at Michigan (Fox Sports 1).

It’s UCLA at Oklahoma (Fox, 1 p.m.) an hour later.

Games at 3:30 p.m. include Colorado at Nebraska (ABC), Georgia at South Carolina (CBS), Arkansas State at Alabama (ESPN2), North Carolina at East Carolina (ESPNU), Memphis at Navy (CBS Sports) and Ball State at Notre Dame (NBC).